Ping Wang

Ping Wang is the Seigle Family Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester (1987) and has been affiliated with Penn State University (1987–1998), Vanderbilt University (1999–2005), and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as a Senior Research Fellow. His research focuses on growth theory, macroeconomics, spatial economics, health economics, and public policy.

He has supervised 36 Ph.D. and 4 M.A. students, served as Department Chair at Vanderbilt (2002–2005) and Washington University (2005–2008), and held leadership roles in professional associations such as the Chinese Economic Association in North America and the Midwest Economic Association. His awards include election to Academia Sinica (2008) and the 50 Navigating Distinguished Alumnus honor from National Chiao Tung University (2018).

Current research themes include micro-founded growth models, spatial redistribution policies, search and matching models in labor markets, agglomeration economics, and the economic impacts of health/human capital investments. He is an editor for the Journal of Macroeconomics and Regional Science and Urban Economics, and contributes to editorial boards of several other journals.